 A year later another examination of the Port Cooper and Banks Peninsula district, to assess its suitability for his own farming venture, was made by the William Deans, a pioneering Wellington settler who had arrived by the "Aurora" in 1840.Deans sailed from Wellington on 15 July 1842 on the cutter "Brothers", with Captain Bruce, which served the southern whaling stations.In this cruise, after visiting Port Cooper, Akaroa and the Banks Peninsula whaling stations, Deans went as far south as Jacobs River on Foveaux Strait.